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Dimensions and Ossification of the Normal Anterior Cranial Fossa In Published April 22, 2010 as 10.3174/ajnr.A2107 Dimensions and Ossification of the Normal ORIGINAL RESEARCH Anterior Cranial Fossa in Children D.C. Hughes BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Interpretation of CT of the anterior skull base in children depends on M.J. Kaduthodil knowledge of the pattern and chronology of ossification. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the age at which the anterior cranial fossa is fully ossified as assessed on CT examinations. D.J.A. Connolly P.D. Griffiths MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective review of 127 CT examinations of children ranging from 1 day to 16 years 7 months of age without known or suspected anterior cranial fossa abnormality. Measurements of the length and width of the anterior skull base and the presence and size of the most anterior unossified portion were determined by 2 investigators. RESULTS: At birth, the anterior skull base consists mainly of cartilage. There is a wide variation in ossification rates between individuals, but the anterior skull base was fully ossified at 3 years 10 months in all of our cases. CONCLUSIONS: In healthy individuals, the anterior skull base is fully ossified by 4 years of age. ABBREVIATIONS: cg ϭ crista galli; cp ϭ cribriform plate; f ϭ frontal bones; fc ϭ foramen cecum; hp ϭ hard palate: p ϭ perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone; s ϭ sphenoid bone n important indication for imaging the anterior skull base computerized search. One hundred thirty-five patients were identi- Ais the evaluation of developmental midline masses fied initially, but after review of the clinical details from the imaging such as nasal dermal sinuses, anterior cephaloceles, and nasal requests and imaging reports, 8 patients with known metabolic or 1-3 gliomas. All of those lesions may retain a connection with developmental anomalies of bone or conditions known to affect de- the intracranial compartment via the anterior cranial fossa, velopment of the anterior skull base were excluded from the study, and an important role of imaging is to determine whether such leaving 127 examinations for analysis. All the CT examinations were a connection exists because this will affect surgical treatment performed on the same machine, and the images were reviewed on an PEDIATRICS 1-4 substantially. Advantage workstation (GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Im- Interpretation of anterior skull base imaging in young ages were acquired in the axial plane with collimation ranging from children can be difficult because most of the bone forms as 1.2 to 2.5 mm and were reformatted on the workstation into sagittal 5 cartilage, with only a small component of membranous bone, and coronal planes. One hundred twenty-three examinations had a 4,6 and ossification occurs from multiple centers. A good high-resolution bone algorithm, while 4 patients had examinations ORIGINAL RESEARCH knowledge of the above features is, therefore, essential for the on a soft-tissue algorithm that were deemed to have acceptable quality radiologist interpreting these studies. In a study of 61 children for interpretation. The images were reviewed retrospectively by 2 of ranging in age from neonate to 24 months, Belden et al6 de- the authors (D.C.H. and M.J.K.). scribed the timing and pattern of ossification of the anterior Measurements were made of the length of the anterior skull base skull base. By 24 months, it was shown that 84% of the anterior (the nasion to the posterior clinoid process, Fig 1A) on a midline skull base was ossified, with a cartilaginous gap in the region of sagittal image and of any anterior bony defect present (Fig 1B). Mea- the foramen cecum. To our knowledge, no study has ad- dressed the question of the age at which anterior skull base surements were made of the width of the anterior skull base (mini- ossification is complete on radiologic analysis. mum interorbital distance at the level of the posterior globe, Fig 2A) The purpose of this study was to ascertain the age at which on a coronal image. The maximum width of any anterior bony defect the anterior cranial fossa is fully ossified as assessed on CT present was measured on an anterior coronal image just posterior to examinations. the frontal bone (Fig 2B). The mean value for each of the 4 measure- ments was calculated. In the absence of a published standard for mea- suring the length and width of the skull base on CT, we chose the Materials and Methods above measurements because they used easily identified anatomic CT scans that covered the anterior skull base obtained at our institu- landmarks and were, therefore, likely to be reproducible. The most tion between August 2001 and February 2008 were identified by a anterior unossified portion of the skull base was measured because it is apparent from previous studies that this is the last area to ossify and Received October 14, 2009; accepted after revision December 21. has the most important clinical implications in terms of assessment of From the Department of Radiology (D.C.H., M.J.K., D.J.A.C.) and Academic Unit of developmental midline masses such as nasal glioma. Radiology (P.D.G.), Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom. The presence of a normal foramen cecum was noted and distin- Paper previously presented as an electronic poster at: Annual Meeting of the British guished from an unossified anterior cranial floor. The mean length Society of Neuroradiology, October 10–12, 2008; Manchester, United Kingdom. and width of the unossified anterior skull base were plotted against Please address correspondence to David C. Hughes, Radiology Department, C Floor, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, S10 2JF, United Kingdom; e-mail: dchughes@ patient age to determine whether a clear cutoff age could be found, doctors.org.uk beyond which the anterior skull base is always fully ossified in healthy DOI 10.3174/ajnr.A2107 individuals. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol ●:● ͉ ● 2010 ͉ www.ajnr.org 1 Copyright 2010 by American Society of Neuroradiology. Fig 1. Sagittal skull base measurements (2 years of age). A, Midline sagittal CT scan demonstrates measurement of the anterior skull base from the nasion to the posterior clinoid process. B, Midline sagittal CT scan demonstrates sagittal measurement of the most anterior unossified portion of the anterior skull base. Fig 2. Coronal skull base measurements (2 years of age). A, Coronal CT scan shows measurement of the minimum interorbital distance at the level of the posterior globe. B, Coronal CT scan shows coronal measurement of the unossified portion of the anterior skull base just posterior to the frontal bones. Fig 3. A, Scatterplot shows the positive relationship between skull base length and age. B, Scatterplot shows the positive relationship between skull base width and age. Fig 4. A, Scatterplot shows the size of the most anterior unossified portion of anterior skull base measured in the sagittal plane versus age. B, Scatterplot shows the size of the most anterior unossified portion of the anterior skull base measured in the coronal plane versus age. Results growth after ossification is completed, which plateaus in Of the 127 examinations included, 60 (47.2%) were of females adolescence. (range, 0–16 years 5 months; median, 7 years 6 months) and Figure 4A,-B shows the mean size of the unossified anterior 67 (52.8%) were of males (range, 0–16 years 4 months; me- skull base in the sagittal and coronal planes, respectively. This dian, 9 years 4 months). The ages were rounded down to the shows that there is a wide variation in the amount of unossi- nearest month for the purposes of the study. fied anterior skull base in the first few years but that by 3 years Figure 3A,-B shows the mean skull base length and width, 10 months of age, 100% of children had a fully ossified ante- respectively, plotted against age. It demonstrates the good cor- rior skull base. The 2 neonate children in our study are shown relation between age and skull base dimension with continued on the graphs in Fig 4A,-B as having particularly large 2 Hughes ͉ AJNR ● ͉ ● 2010 ͉ www.ajnr.org Fig 5. Age 4 years 7 months. Anterior (A ) and posterior (B ) coronal, midline (C ), and parasagittal (D ) images show complete ossification of the anterior skull base with typical well-corticated margins of the foramen cecum. amounts of unossified skull base. This reflects the fact that the well ossified and extend to the medial edge of the orbit (Fig 6). amount of ossification is limited at birth and proceeds rapidly Ossification of the cribriform plate begins in the region of the in the first 6 months of life. vertical attachments of the superior and middle turbinates and spreads along the surface of the cribriform plate to reach Discussion the crista galli at approximately 2 months of age. Ossification The anterior cranial fossa (Fig 5) comprises anteriorly and tends to proceed from the central portion of the cribriform laterally the frontal bone, while its floor comprises the orbital plate in both anterior and posterior directions. Anterior ossi- plate of the frontal bone, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid fication takes place more slowly, resulting in an anterior gap bone, and the lesser wings and anterior part of the body of the between the ethmoid and nasal bones in most children sphenoid bone. The cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone oc- (Figs 6–8). The earliest age at which complete ossification cupies the midline between the 2 orbital plates but is depressed was seen in this area was 14 months, and Belden et al showed below them, separating the anterior cranial fossa from the na- that by 2 years of age, most children still had a gap in this sal cavity.
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